no dig garden

[vinmama]

We like sitting around for ages watching you fluff around!

[keptyeti]

I find the whole layer of pipes and wires confusing. Why is there a need to raise the planting medium off the ground? Is it for drainage? When the weed cloth eventually fails you'll be digging through rusty wire to salvage the compost. Is that a concern? Am I nuts?

[gauckett]

instead of weed cloth or weed mat, use any porous material eg newspapers, hessian, shrub clippings with soft branches etc

[liagarden]

The manure has to be aged--or already composted.

[Mowgli600]

where do you get your weed cloth? That cloth is expensive at the store

[yourgardens]

i like it :)

[SpankyMcGrits]

Sounds like you're saying "ash tray"

[216CrAzY216]

this is awesome :)

[kittenvks]

this reminds me of old gutters on old houses. If you look at them closely a lot of the time when leaves and dirt have filled in the gutter plants grow REALLY well in them. It's a whole new play on a "roof garden" lol :D

[brianwurst1234]

so those leaves will turn to something you cans put plants in?

[theproducegarden]

@brianwurst1234 yep, they take a while to break down fully but are fantastic!

[jzinius]

Thanks a lot! It is helpful and entertaining! Best to you! Jzin from Southern California, USA

[fun2cook]

clever approach.

[funnyjoey1986]

Are you a Secret millionaire? Just do these videos to help us common folk?

[theproducegarden]

@funnyjoey1986 i was overdrawn at the bank again this week and i have a mortgage so definitely no, any donations will be accepted :-)

[mindy2215]

Thanks for taking your time to help others.

[eastcalais]

Any pictures from the planted garden? Would be interested to see....

[accordiongirl007]

hi there. can I place these iron bed shells straight onto soil (i have very flat land) and then place old carpet in the middle over the bends of the iron and then commence layering?

[angelarms36]

I love this idea, and all you need is some old hose with a slit up one side around the iron to prevent cutting yourself...The iron rotting is a bit of a worry though.. but well done..

[orbweb13]

rust bucket

[bahamalesster]

i thought u sais ash tray!! But now i get it. Thanx for the vid.

[lcraig86]

I know, I was like ash trays.... what is he doing!!! Then I saw your comment. Darn accent! :)

[96432135]

I'm just gonna throw out an idea here, has anyone tried using bamboo to build raised gardens, chicken coops, etc? You can grow as many as you want and alot of species grow really fast. So that could save a fair bit of cash that way. And it will look heaps better than corrugated iron and stuff. What do you think?

[GettingThereGreen]

Just saw another video here on YT covering just that. You can grow some giant 30-40 foot high bamboo in just 2 months time. Cut them down and use them for various projects. Bamboo is a crazy fast growing plant. Even if you live in a snowy climate and your summers are a couple months you can do it during the summer time because the speed at which it grows.  ;) Good Comment.

[WoundedEgo]

Um, Tetanus lives in *soil*, not in metal or rust. So if you have open wounds and put your hand in the dirt, you run the risk of Tetanus infection. The thing to do is to keep your shot up to date and/or wear gloves whenever you work with the earth. You are free to make suggestions, but rather than call his resourceful idea "stupid", inviting you being called stupid yourself, just humbly point out the dangers. Indeed, the edges and corners might pose a danger. Note that he's wearing gloves.

[fishmut]

To the other info i put down below is i forgot to say if you start to early in the garden an odd frost still can be around the corner and bugger it up for you u unless you have a green house or something similure. just my thoughts to share for now. you have great videos keep them comeing oneday ill pull me finger out and do one as well. cheers fishmut........

[fishmut]

G,day there i live in New South Wales and so iv been watch the weather on tv and noticed the temp riseing over the last couple of weeks so i got stuck into the garden beds 23/8/09 not quite spring how ever the vegies are takeing off and seeds are striking very well as the days are now getting warmer 25 degres today breaking a swet i tel ya. Worm castings diluted in water great stuff for liquid fertilizer and alittle bit of thrive in that as well try that give it ago. i also recycle nd compost

[kellyjunemusic]

thank you for your generosity in making this video

[307bp]

Bro i think ur great...love ur vids and learned a lot from u...thanks

mikey...Ireland.

[Tammihotlips]

Hey Produce Guy Im in Mornington Victoria Loved your cheap No dig Garden.

What's your thoughts on using old sheets of Fibre glass sheeting as sides of garden bed. Do you think there any problems, or leaching into veggie patch?

[WoundedEgo]

You might want to get a wind screen for your microphone (just some foam rubber). I love your vids.

[WoundedEgo]

Rather than use that weed mat you could use cardboard, which is free and worm friendly.

[olitwisted]

sure - it's just like that Tote - summed it up with beautiful simplicity - thanks for the feedback, and clarifying that you indeed have a great sense of humour

[olitwisted]

du uh - yeah - you got me

[olitwisted]

A little iron in the diet would do wonders for the anaemic fugue of Seppo culture - rather than bitch about the dude's techniques why not consider the brilliance of this concept both in terms of recycling - perfect for those global cultures without the wasteful mentality of the broadacre monoculture.... if ur worried about tetanus - get a bloody vaccination - and if anyone does cut themselves on it - boo hoo - let the weak clumsy idiot's blood nourish the vegetables

[Tote1883gas]

*********Nutter Alert*********************

[LaminatedGardenGuide]

No matter what your location, no dig vegetable gardens are a great option for you, especially for first time gardeners!

[bleuwinn]

mmmmm... junk farmer. Rusty Nail vegies.

[TheBrassHole]

I love rusty potatoes!!!!!!!!!

[SpringHeeledJack330]

Is that Murray from flight of the conchords?

[Wizechris1]

I live in U.S. and we dont say mil and such. What does mil mean in U.S.?

[bardobound]

millimeter. he's Aussie and on the metric system.

[JohnnyBkeeper]

Why do you suspend your bed off the ground? Dont you want some contact for the earthworms and other critters to find a home in there

[satisfiedmac]

I think it's because he's on a hill. I may be wrong.

[DNDBF2]

i think because to get no grass i tryed to do it off the ground to not get grass but it didnt work so no we have a 50 by 100 fton the ground cause above ground gardens dont work relly good from my prespection

[janken919]

Hi, this is very similar to my method of a no dig garden, I call it it a compost garden. I lay down a layer of 10-15 sheets of newspaper then make a border using larger rocks. I fill it with grass clippings leaves and top it off with a little peatmoss. I then transplant perennials in the fall and by the following spring I have a thick full flowerbed.

[AnnieNM06]

do you do this on an already established lawn, like in a back yard? I tried something similar in my back yard and now i have grass growing in my compost that is supposed to be my garden bed!

[janken919]

Yup, right in the back yard, but I put newspapers down first to kill the grass underneath( overlapped about 10-15 sheets thick.)

[AnnieNM06]

ok i think what i did wrong was that I didn't use enough layers of newspaper or enough compost/soil etc

thanks

[VolkgartenBySquirrel]

It looks good. Try cutting a slot end to end on some 1 inch PVC, then place over the edges of your corrugated. Good luck with the ash trees!

[worldwiderob]

hehe..I thought he said 'ashtray' too. Yes, I'm obviously american.

I was thinking that this is actually more of a compost bin than something ready for planting. It was mentioned that some garden soil is thrown on top, but otherwise a lot of this stuff needs to break down first I would think.

[FranksGeckoVideos]

LOL, I thought said ashtray at first.

ash tree

[DoctorsWife56]

Amazing! I've been looking to build a raised bed and I got all that same junk/materials laying around, including a wirey mattress. Thanks for the excellent idea! WOW!

[theproducegarden]

the edges are so blunt, you'd have to rub your hand up and down it for a while to get a cut.

[effervescence1]

Great idea I like it, really well done!

That exposed sharp steel edge along the top makes me cringe though. A suggestion would be to get an old garden hose and run a sharp knife along the length and then push it down onto the top edge of your garden bed, will make it safer for you and your visitors :)

[theproducegarden]

hi karstarla, you can plant straight away. some people wait for a few months and turn it over but i go straight in and it works well!

[KARStarla]

Thank you for your video, you have relieved so much worry for me, I'm just learning to grow my own food (for this upcoming year) because I have arthritis of the spine I cannot plant into the ground, I need raised beds so I can participate. I was dreading the cost of filling a raised bed with top soil, I had no idea you could do this, this makes it much more economical and reachable for me, may I ask if I did the same if I could immeddiately plant directly into something like that? or must I wait

[WoundedEgo]

Google "square foot gardening" for some good ideas as well.

[GettingThereGreen]

We are documenting our square foot garden. Feel free to take a look. ;)

[SmushyPea]

I just made a raised bed of my own today which your videos inspired me to make. I should have made a video. Hmm; I'll make a video later when I plant some veg into it.

Keep up the good work!

[dipswell]

thanks for posting

[barnymcdanfake]

i love your videos - please keep making them.

[koehnc]

i don't understand why to try to keep it raised? why not just lay the netting on the ground and then fill the whole lot with the different layers?

[Octahoney]

Drainage, maybe?

[HavokReed]

Yeah, I wold assume that the water needs to go through. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been mentioned that the weed net will let water pass through.

Anyways, great videos.

[WoundedEgo]

Drainage is an issue unique to each soil. By controlling the whole thing in a container, he evades issues with soil that is overly sandy and clay.